Moths of the Month (Adult Macros)
The National Moth Recording Scheme's database has records for each of the species for a vice county for a given month. The photographs are taken from the Scottish County Moth Recorders' Voucher Archive. If the Archive has a photo of the species for the Vice County then that will be shown, otherwise a photo from another Scottish VC will display.
A simple algorithm has been used to provide an indication of abundance of the species in that month (not of its abundance generally) for records since January 2000. This has been based on the number of records (not the counts within records) that the moth has for that month in that VC compared to the
total counts for that VC in that month for all species. Some inappropriate categories may therefore be shown, but any species with 'Very Unlikely', or for beginners 'Unlikely' against them should be verified with your CMR.
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Heath Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)